h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Uncle Duke from Doonesbury
2: Favourite Book: "Galatea 2.2" by Richard Powers
3: Favourite Biscuit: Greasy Spoon Diner biscuits with country gravy
4: Favourite film: "Pulp Fiction"
5: Favourite Music Track: "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong (Note 1)
6: Favourite Holiday location: Texas Gulf Coast
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Priscilla/Holden
8: Where would you live if you could? A planet in the Andromeda Galaxy
9: Favourite Drink: Bourbon and Cola
10: Favourite "Date" movie: The original "Star Wars", had to drag my wife to it, then she became a huge fan.

1. This song has been covered by: Buddy Guy, The Beatles, John Lennon during his solo career ,The Kingsmen, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Flying Lizards, Shonen Knife, Secret Machines, The Sonics, The Smashing Pumpkins, Josie and the Pussycats, The Blues Brothers, The Avengers (band), and Motown labelmates The Supremes and The Miracles.

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Wyle E. Coyote
2: Favourite Book: Lord of the Rings
3: Favourite Biscuit: Walker's Shortbread (no other will do)
4: Favourite film: Blade Runner
5: Favourite Music Track: Here There and Everywhere - The Beatles
6: Favourite Holiday location: St. Oswald, Kaernten, Austria
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: I'll give a boy's name - James (the Gruesomes have my favourie girls' names and I'd rather not share)
8: Where would you live if you could? York
9: Favourite Drink: Gin Fizz
10: Favourite "Date" movie: no idea... I haven't been on a date for over 20 years... Something classic like... nope, no idea.

Okay, I'll bite...but these are current faves, mind.

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Huey, from Boondocks
2: Favourite Book: The Boyfriend School, by Sarah Bird
3: Favourite Biscuit: Pepperidge Farm Brussels Mint Sandwiches
4: Favourite film: Who Killed the Electric Car?
5: Favourite Music Track: Take Me To The River, The Committments
6: Favourite Holiday location: Albuquerque, NM
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Brecken/Michael
8: Where would you live if you could?: Portland, Oregon, USA
9: Favourite Drink: Diet Pepsi
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Date? What is this "date?"

This is based on the moment:

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Tintin
2: Favourite Book: dunno, i have a lot of favourite books, i read Mort by Terry Pratchett recently and really enjoyed it so it's that at the moment.
3: Favourite Biscuit: Crackers
4: Favourite film: The Adventures Of Robin Hood
5: Favourite Music Track: All In Love Is Fair - Stevie Wonder
6: Favourite Holiday location: Seahouses, Nothumberland, UK
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Gene (but not 'Jean' - that's a bit naff)
8: Where would you live if you could? Somerset - dunno why.
9: Favourite Drink: Apple Juice
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Dunno, summit cringeworthingly awful i suppose


A lot of Dunnos but i got through it

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Garfield
2: Favourite Book: Forgive me, but "Cat" by Freya North
3: Favourite Biscuit: Pink Wafers
4: Favourite film: Out of Africa
5: Favourite Music Track: Marble Halls by Enya
6: Fourite Holiday location: Cornwall
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Alexandra
8: Where would you live if you could? : New Zealand
9: Favourite Drink: Cherry Wine
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Something Sci Fi

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Cartman. I know he's bad but he makes me laugh.
2: Favourite Book: Probably 'Toms' Midnight Garden' from childhood.
3: Favourite Biscuit: Homemade chocolate chip cookies.
4: Favourite film: Only one? Eek. Grosse Point Blank, then.
5: Favourite Music Track: Shiny Happy People
6: Favourite Holiday location: Was our family caravan at Trusthorpe, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire coast
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Jack
8: Where would you live if you could? : On a private island with link by helicopter to my social life
9: Favourite Drink: Dry white wine
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Tricky as we tend not to like same stuff. Best one which has fitted the bill recently was HHGTTG and I'm not just making that up.

Jules

When I read the first post in this thread last night I was baffled. These things are always so hard. There are so many ifs, buts and do-you-mean?s

By the way, you ought to recommend that people reply before reading on through the thread, to prevent other people's idease influencing later posters.

Here's my effort:

Favourite cartoon character: Marge Simpson.

Favourite book: Soul Music (Terry Pratchett)

Favourite biscuit: Chocolate digestive

Favourite film: The Commitments

Favourite music track: Only one???Help! Your latest trick (Dire Straits). And loads of others. Where to start?

Favourite holiday location: Brittany, France

Favourite girl's/boy's name: Do you mean a name that can be used for both girls and boys? Like Lindsay or Vivian or Hilary (which are awful). A name on its own is difficult to assess. Some names suit some people better than others. What's in a name?

Where would you live if you could: England, but then I haven't been everywhere else, so there may well be places I'd prefer. If I'd lived in England all my life I might prefer somewhere else. The grass is always greener on the other side.

Favourite drink: Dornfelder - local red wine. ... er ... are you paying?

Favourite date movie: I haven't worked out if this is supposed to be a film you would like to take a date to/had a great date at or if it's supposed to be a film where people date each other as part of the plot.

Anyway I'd hate to go to a chick flick (or any kind of love story) with a bloke. I need one or two girlfriends and a couple of boxes of Kleenex. And NO men. The best film to see if you're spending an evening out with a fella is one which you can have a conversation about afterwards. For example, "The Island" with Ewan McGregor provoked such a conversation. (With male and female crumpet thrown in for the benefit of viewers of both sexes)



These things are always so hard to answer because I always have so many questions before I know what the questions are aiming at. The only one that required no great consideration was the "biscuit" question.

Perhaps I shouldn't press "Post Message" - but I think you should know that there are people (I reckon about 3 in ten) who spend hours wondering exactly what is meant by the question.

Crivvens, you don't half take things seriously!

Can I change my 'Ed Wood' for 'Life Of Brian' and my 'Hey Bulldog' for 'Dance On A Volcano'?

"By the way, you ought to recommend that people reply before reading on through the thread, to prevent other people's idease influencing later posters...

...Favourite film: The Commitments"

Hear hear!

B

Do you mean me?

Yeah - I saw you had that, but that was one that I would have included anyway.

OK here goes:

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Scooby Doo.
2: Favourite Book: 'Awaken The Giant Within' by Anthony Robbins.
3: Favourite Biscuit: Cadbury's Plain Chocolate Digestives.
4: Favourite film: Seven Samurai.
5: Favourite Music Track: 'Mon Mec A Moi' by Patricia Kass.
6: Favourite Holiday location: The ship's disco on the Ibiza to Barcelona ferry.
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Rana / Slaine.
8: Where would you live if you could? Great Britain.
9: Favourite Drink: Wadworths 6X.
10: Favourite Date movie: 'Falling Down' starring Michael Douglas.



3: Cadbury's mind, not the usual McVities who seem to have the market sewn up.

6: A truly bizarre place that all Hitchhikers fans would love - quite literally it had music supplied by an old man with a record player, complete with gaps between tracks when he changed the records over. He would announce the next track by shouting it out to the 30 odd people in the room as he had no microphone, and all the drinks were canned soft drinks as they had no liquor licence! I flew out to the island and went back to the UK via ferry and train overland through France. The disco was the best bit of the holiday. Recommend it to all! Oh yeah, most of the 30 people were the ships staff and I did wonder who was actually steering the ferry at one point.

7: Pronounced 'Shlau-nay'.

8: Currently I just exist in it - a lottery win would help in changing this...all donations welcome.

10: Never dated a girl who didn't enjoy it - maybe 'cos all the women I date tend to be stressed out psycho's.

>> Can I change my 'Ed Wood' for 'Life Of Brian' and my 'Hey Bulldog' for 'Dance On A Volcano'? <<

No.

RF

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Dangermouse
2: Favourite Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3: Favourite Biscuit: Chocolate chip shortbread
4: Favourite film: The Fisherking
5: Favourite Music Track: Wallflower - Peter Gabriel (If I *have* to choose just one)
6: Fourite Holiday location: Italian Alps
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Georgia
8: Where would you live if you could? : Somewhere pretty by the sea
9: Favourite Drink: Armagnac
10: Favourite "Date" movie: I don't do dates.

"Yes, I knew s/he'd like that one. How could s/he possibly include that?" Great fun predicting what the people (I think) I know would like. Here's mine:
1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Mutley
2: Favourite Book: Anything about Precious Ramotswe by Alexander McCall Smith
3: Favourite Biscuit: Garibaldi
4: Favourite film: Oh, what a Lovely War!
5: Favourite Music Track: Lily the Pink by the Scaffold
6: Favourite Holiday location: Mombasa
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Judith
8: Where would you live if you could? : Oz
9: Favourite Drink: very old single malt whisk(e)y, ie Irish or Scotch
10: Favourite "Date" movie: <> Me neither

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Bender from Futurama (though admittedly Zoidberg can eclipse him in his more inspired moments)
2: Favourite Book: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
3: Favourite Biscuit: Bourbon Creams
4: Favourite film: Young Frankenstein
5: Favourite Music Track: Thick As a Brick by Jethro Tull
6: Favourite Holiday location: Whitby
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Sally / Jack
8: Where would you live if you could?: In a house that didn't need any more money spending on it.
9: Favourite Drink: Badger's Golden Glory
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Strangely enough I rarely go on dates...

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Bugs Bunny. Still the best.
2: Favourite Book: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. Closely followed by 253 by Geoff Ryman.
3: Favourite Biscuit: Malted Milk
4: Favourite film: Serenity. No, Casablanca. No, Blade Runner. No, Dr Strangelove. No, LOTR. No, Citizen Kane. No, Donnie Darko. No, Plan 9 from Outer Space. Yep. That's the one. Plan 9.
5: Favourite Music Track: Thunderbird by They Might Be Giants
6: Favourite Holiday location: IOW
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Sam
8: Where would you live if you could?: Cyprus
9: Favourite Drink:
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Intolerable Cruelty was a good one. Mainly because we both liked it for opposite reasons. She liked it because it was a rom com. I liked it was an anti-rom com.


Geggs

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Andrew Marr
2: Favourite Book: Pingu's Cut Out and Paste Activity Book
3: Favourite Biscuit: Coconut Cream
4: Favourite Film: Amber Gambler (1977)
5: Favourite Music Track: 'The End' - the Beatles
6: Favourite Holiday location: London (every day's a holiday)
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Beorhtgifu/Mieczeslaw
8: Where would you live if you could? : St John's Wood
9: Favourite Drink: Double vodka
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Derek Jarman's Blue

1: Favourite Cartoon Character: Bart Simpson
2: Favourite Book: Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
3: Favourite Biscuit: Bath Oliver
4: Favourite Film: Young Frankenstein
5: Favourite Music Track: Money - Pink Flloyd
6: Favourite Holiday location: Nisbet Plantation House - Nevis
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: Jennifer / Jonathon
8: Where would you live if you could? : Hole Town - Barbados
9: Favourite Drink: Morgans Spiced Rum
10: Favourite "Date" movie: none !

1: Rootinest Tootinest Cartoon Character: Yosemite Sam
2: Favourite Book: Lord of the Rings
3: Favourite Biscuit: Hob Nobs
4: Favourite Film: The Godfather Part II (just over the 1st)
5: Favourite Music Track: Bohemian Rhapsody
6: Favourite Holiday location: Too tough to call
7: Favourite Girls/Boys name: No real strong feelings here I'm afraid - although David has some appeal for some reason or another
8: Where would you live if you could? : In a nice big house with large private gardens
9: Favourite Drink: The Macallan scotch whisky
10: Favourite "Date" movie: Not something I ever went for was the movie date although I guess I saw Pulp Fiction on one so there you go.